Monday, December 1, 2008

During the Q&A at our 1st "Show & Tell" our friend Mika asked about our experience with transgendered folk in Iran. We had none, but we had to assume they were there... probably hiding. I told her I'd look into it, and indeed I did. It turns out that they were not hiding at all, and Iran is second only to Thailand in sex change operations. The logic there is that being gay is a sin, but switching genders is a legitimate way to correct that... the state helps to pay for operations.

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Thank you sooooo much for finding that! I did know that Iran surprisingly supported gender reassignment surgery as a way of "curing" the dreaded homosexuality, but I had NO idea it was second only to Thailand in such surgery. Wow!

And thank you again, sweetie, for the lovely birthday wishes (and great video)! Hope to see you soon! xoxoxo

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My name is BriAnna Olson, this blog is regarding my wanting to visit Iran, then visiting Iran, followed by my realization that the Western world has an largely inaccurate image of Iran. Pretty straightforward, really.
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